Fred Opie is an author and former Syracuse University and US National Lacrosse team player growing integrity, effort, and care on and off the field.

Host Fred Opie interviews the famed Thompson brothers. They met up at the NCAA final four in Foxboro, Mass., over Memorial Day weekend to talk about the new movie Spirit Game: Pride of a Nation released on May 26. The movie includes cameos by former Vice President Al Gore, Hall of Famers Jim Brown and Oren Lyons and legendary football coach Bill Belichick. It’s a documentary that looks at the struggle of Native Americans to protect their sovereignty, dating back to their first contacts with European imperialist up to the world indoor box lacrosse championships which the Iroquois Nation recently hosted. In this interview, the Thompsons share the lacrosse traditions they grew up with, and why the game of lacrosse is sacred to their people and considered both entertainment and medicine.

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